Cytel is shaping the future of drug development. As the world 's largest independent clinical biostatistics research and development organization, we help leading pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies improve clinical success rates via optimal study design, effective data management, accurate statistical analysis and software. With operations across North America, Europe, and India, we are always on the lookout for passionate and talented people who share our mission of ensuring the clinical development of safe and effective medicines. We are experiencing exponential growth on a global scale and hiring Contract Statistical Programmers to join our FSP division. You will apply your strong proficiency in CDISC standards (SDTM & ADaM) and advanced SAS programming skills, to support analysis of clinical trial data for submission to Health Technology Assessment (HTA) agencies in Europe and across the world. You will report to the Director, Statistical Programming. Position is home-based in Europe, however ideally located in the UK, Switzerland, France or Barcelona. How you will contribute: performing data manipulation, analysis and reporting of clinical trial data, utilizing SAS programming; generating and validating SDTM and ADaM datasets/analysis files, and tables, listings, and figures ( TLFs); generating and updating SAS macros for general use across projects production and QC / validation programming; generating complex ad-hoc reports utilizing raw data; applying strong understanding/experience of Efficacy analysis; communicating with client for project specifications, status, issues or inquiries; performing lead duties when called upon; serving as team player, with a willingness to go the extra distance to get results, meet deadlines, etc.; being adaptable and flexible when priorities change What you offer: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferably in a scientific discipline such as Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, etc. Highly experienced in SAS programming working with clinical trial data in the Pharmaceutical & Biotech industry. Study lead experience is a plus Strong SAS data manipulation, analysis and reporting skills. Strong and independent ability to understand and adapt existing code of varying complexity to new data and subsets Solid experience implementing the latest CDISC SDTM / ADaM standards. Strong QC / validation skills. Good ad-hoc reporting skills. Proficiency in Efficacy analysis. Familiarity with drug development life cycle and experience with the manipulation, analysis and reporting of clinical trials’ data. Experience supporting Oncology studies a plus. Excellent analytical & troubleshooting skills with proactive communication to anticipate and prevent issues. Ability to provide quality output and deliverables, in adherence with challenging timelines. Ability to work effectively and successfully in a globally dispersed team environment with cross-cultural partners. Why Cytel? Our collaborative working environment encourages innovation and rewards results, and we are proud to have one of the lowest turnover rates in the industry. In addition to a competitive compensation, we offer an excellent benefit’s package, annual bonus incentive, promote work-life balance, and the opportunity to grow with us! Work with respected experts and thought leaders in the fields of biostatistics and statistical programming. Cytel Inc. is an Equal Employment / Affirmative Action Employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by law. Cytel does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact Cytel’s human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to Cytel. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and Cytel. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of Cytel. Cytel shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies.
Jan 23, 2020
Duration not stated
Cytel is shaping the future of drug development. As the world 's largest independent clinical biostatistics research and development organization, we help leading pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies improve clinical success rates via optimal study design, effective data management, accurate statistical analysis and software. With operations across North America, Europe, and India, we are always on the lookout for passionate and talented people who share our mission of ensuring the clinical development of safe and effective medicines. We are experiencing exponential growth on a global scale and hiring Contract Statistical Programmers to join our FSP division. You will apply your strong proficiency in CDISC standards (SDTM & ADaM) and advanced SAS programming skills, to support analysis of clinical trial data for submission to Health Technology Assessment (HTA) agencies in Europe and across the world. You will report to the Director, Statistical Programming. Position is home-based in Europe, however ideally located in the UK, Switzerland, France or Barcelona. How you will contribute: performing data manipulation, analysis and reporting of clinical trial data, utilizing SAS programming; generating and validating SDTM and ADaM datasets/analysis files, and tables, listings, and figures ( TLFs); generating and updating SAS macros for general use across projects production and QC / validation programming; generating complex ad-hoc reports utilizing raw data; applying strong understanding/experience of Efficacy analysis; communicating with client for project specifications, status, issues or inquiries; performing lead duties when called upon; serving as team player, with a willingness to go the extra distance to get results, meet deadlines, etc.; being adaptable and flexible when priorities change What you offer: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferably in a scientific discipline such as Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, etc. Highly experienced in SAS programming working with clinical trial data in the Pharmaceutical & Biotech industry. Study lead experience is a plus Strong SAS data manipulation, analysis and reporting skills. Strong and independent ability to understand and adapt existing code of varying complexity to new data and subsets Solid experience implementing the latest CDISC SDTM / ADaM standards. Strong QC / validation skills. Good ad-hoc reporting skills. Proficiency in Efficacy analysis. Familiarity with drug development life cycle and experience with the manipulation, analysis and reporting of clinical trials’ data. Experience supporting Oncology studies a plus. Excellent analytical & troubleshooting skills with proactive communication to anticipate and prevent issues. Ability to provide quality output and deliverables, in adherence with challenging timelines. Ability to work effectively and successfully in a globally dispersed team environment with cross-cultural partners. Why Cytel? Our collaborative working environment encourages innovation and rewards results, and we are proud to have one of the lowest turnover rates in the industry. In addition to a competitive compensation, we offer an excellent benefit’s package, annual bonus incentive, promote work-life balance, and the opportunity to grow with us! Work with respected experts and thought leaders in the fields of biostatistics and statistical programming. Cytel Inc. is an Equal Employment / Affirmative Action Employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by law. Cytel does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact Cytel’s human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to Cytel. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and Cytel. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of Cytel. Cytel shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies.
Rate: Negotiable - this role is inside IR35
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Length: 6 months initially, we expect this to extend
Working Pattern: 4 days remote, 1 day on site in central London
Our customer is a global data reporting company that provides critical business information to industry subscribers worldwide. They have huge volumes of data from external feeds and in-house sources that are productised by analysts and data scientists for end users. The project is part of an exciting strategy to move the client to become a modern data analytics company by putting in place a data lake platform that will decouple the data silos from the ingestion and consumption of data, and allow better ways of delivering existing products as well as the swift creation and implementation of new products to create greater value for the customer and increased revenue. You will join an Agile development team who are building the platform in a highly collaborative and Agile iterative approach using modern AWS technologies, and working closely with our customer to deliver value to their end users as the underlying platform evolves. Responsibilities: - Writing infrastructure as code in Terraform - Writing and on boarding data pipelines in Python and Scala with Apache Spark - Understanding of serverless architecture design Key Skills: - Apache Spark - Terraform - Python/Scala/Java - AWS - Docker About BlackCat: BlackCat are on a mission to provide expert software development services that our customers can rely on, enabling them to deliver their strategic business goals. We provide total product development for the UK’s largest innovators in GRC, Finance, Publishing, Engineering and more.
BlackCat were established in 2012 with the aim to be a leading Software House in the UK. Since then, we have grown to over 100 employees, and are extremely proud of the culture we have created.
Our technical community is at the heart of what we do - we love using new technologies whenever we can, and we thrive on looking at innovative ways to solve the challenges we face. We host and attend a variety of meet ups, and encourage employees to develop new skills through conferences, certifications, communities and regular hack days. We ensure that everyone has a voice, everyone’s opinion is welcome, and everyone is proud to work here.
We work with fantastic clients, employ incredible people, and build exciting products in an environment of continuous improvement and learning, driven by respect and collaboration.
Jan 21, 2020
6 Months or more
Rate: Negotiable - this role is inside IR35
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Length: 6 months initially, we expect this to extend
Working Pattern: 4 days remote, 1 day on site in central London
Our customer is a global data reporting company that provides critical business information to industry subscribers worldwide. They have huge volumes of data from external feeds and in-house sources that are productised by analysts and data scientists for end users. The project is part of an exciting strategy to move the client to become a modern data analytics company by putting in place a data lake platform that will decouple the data silos from the ingestion and consumption of data, and allow better ways of delivering existing products as well as the swift creation and implementation of new products to create greater value for the customer and increased revenue. You will join an Agile development team who are building the platform in a highly collaborative and Agile iterative approach using modern AWS technologies, and working closely with our customer to deliver value to their end users as the underlying platform evolves. Responsibilities: - Writing infrastructure as code in Terraform - Writing and on boarding data pipelines in Python and Scala with Apache Spark - Understanding of serverless architecture design Key Skills: - Apache Spark - Terraform - Python/Scala/Java - AWS - Docker About BlackCat: BlackCat are on a mission to provide expert software development services that our customers can rely on, enabling them to deliver their strategic business goals. We provide total product development for the UK’s largest innovators in GRC, Finance, Publishing, Engineering and more.
BlackCat were established in 2012 with the aim to be a leading Software House in the UK. Since then, we have grown to over 100 employees, and are extremely proud of the culture we have created.
Our technical community is at the heart of what we do - we love using new technologies whenever we can, and we thrive on looking at innovative ways to solve the challenges we face. We host and attend a variety of meet ups, and encourage employees to develop new skills through conferences, certifications, communities and regular hack days. We ensure that everyone has a voice, everyone’s opinion is welcome, and everyone is proud to work here.
We work with fantastic clients, employ incredible people, and build exciting products in an environment of continuous improvement and learning, driven by respect and collaboration.
Published
Thursday 16 January 2020
Deadline for asking questions
Monday 20 January 2020 at 11:59pm GMT
Closing date for applications
Thursday 23 January 2020 at 11:59pm GMT
Overview
Overview
Opportunity attribute name
Opportunity attribute value
Specialist role
User researcher
Summary of the work
User Researcher for Beta phases of the Request a Service Record Project. Responsible for identifying user needs and influencing service design to meet them. Will work closely with project team to iterate the service and to ensure compliance with the Government Digital Service Standard.
Latest start date
Wednesday 16 December 2020
Expected contract length
65 days plus optional 35 days
Location
No specific location, eg they can work remotely
Organisation the work is for
MOD
Maximum day rate
About the work
About the work
Opportunity attribute name
Opportunity attribute value
Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with
The user researcher will support the service manager to ensure that MOD meets its business objectives for enhancing access to historic military service records The user researcher will join a team which includes Service manager, Delivery manager,Delivery manager,Technical architect and developer. The User Researcher will be expected to work with Subject matter experts from MOD Disclosure Branches, Policy Leads and members of the public including key user groups for example, geaneologists.
What the specialist will work on
User Researcher to work on Request a Historic Service Record Project. Deliverables; identify and engage users (including associated digital users) ; develop, document and exploit personas and user stories, work closely with a Developer and project team to iterate and test prototypes with users and service delivery organisations feeding into product iterations and content development through Beta product development cycles. Ensure compliance with Government Digital Service Standards and GDS Design Manual. Attendance at Service Standard Assessments.
Work setup
Work setup
Opportunity attribute name
Opportunity attribute value
Address where the work will take place
Remote working with travel to York or London and other locations if needed.
Working arrangements
A typical working day is 9am-5pm (however working outside of these hours may be required due to business/project need). The role is suitable for remote working but there may be travel involved to York, Portsmouth, London or any other regions of the country. Travel expenses outside of the base locations will be covered.
Security clearance
SC clearance is required
Additional information
Additional information
Opportunity attribute name
Opportunity attribute value
Additional terms and conditions
Cabinet Office (CO) Travel and Subsistence policy will apply. All expenses must be pre-agreed between the parties and must comply with the CO T&S policy.
Skills and experience
Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.
Skills and experience
Opportunity attribute name
Opportunity attribute value
Essential skills and experience
Experience of agile working alongside a developer and technical architect using user centred design practices to ensure user stories and user research are at the heart of product design.
Proven ability to design services to meet valid user needs including planning, designing and conducting usability testing of prototypes.
Experience of Mapping user journeys and creating personas.
Excellent written and verbal communication including strong negotiation skills and the ability to influence external partners, suppliers and stakeholders.
Experience creating and delivering user research sessions and workshops.
Experience using analytics , research and insights to make improvements that meet user needs.
Experience Delivering outputs in line with Government Digital Service Standard.
Ability to Identify isers and potential users of specific, niche services in the public domain (particularly those similar to the military service) and securing their participation in user research.
Experience identifying assisted digital users and engaging them to ensure the service is designed to enable maximum digital take up.
Proven ability to update user needs and user stories throughout the cycles of iterative product development to feed into prototype development and influence product direction.
Nice-to-have skills and experience
Understanding of Government Digital Service Design principles.
Experience designing services for GOV.UK.
Experience working in multidisciplinary agile teams.
Experience of attending GDS Assessments and meeting the criteria for these assessments.
How suppliers will be evaluated
All suppliers will be asked to provide a work history.
How suppliers will be evaluated
Opportunity attribute name
Opportunity attribute value
How many specialists to evaluate
6
Cultural fit criteria
Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions.
Experience of successful collaborative working as part of a multi supplier delivery team sharing knowledge within the team.
Create and maintain an agile working environment.
Take responsibility for their work.
Can work with clients with low technical expertise.
Able to challenge the staus quo and use persuasion skills to achieve business buy -in.
Have a no blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes.
Bring agile mindset and principles into pratice.
Additional assessment methods
Reference
Interview
Evaluation weighting
Technical competence
65%
Cultural fit
15%
Price
20%
Jan 16, 2020
up to 6 Months
Published
Thursday 16 January 2020
Deadline for asking questions
Monday 20 January 2020 at 11:59pm GMT
Closing date for applications
Thursday 23 January 2020 at 11:59pm GMT
Overview
Overview
Opportunity attribute name
Opportunity attribute value
Specialist role
User researcher
Summary of the work
User Researcher for Beta phases of the Request a Service Record Project. Responsible for identifying user needs and influencing service design to meet them. Will work closely with project team to iterate the service and to ensure compliance with the Government Digital Service Standard.
Latest start date
Wednesday 16 December 2020
Expected contract length
65 days plus optional 35 days
Location
No specific location, eg they can work remotely
Organisation the work is for
MOD
Maximum day rate
About the work
About the work
Opportunity attribute name
Opportunity attribute value
Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with
The user researcher will support the service manager to ensure that MOD meets its business objectives for enhancing access to historic military service records The user researcher will join a team which includes Service manager, Delivery manager,Delivery manager,Technical architect and developer. The User Researcher will be expected to work with Subject matter experts from MOD Disclosure Branches, Policy Leads and members of the public including key user groups for example, geaneologists.
What the specialist will work on
User Researcher to work on Request a Historic Service Record Project. Deliverables; identify and engage users (including associated digital users) ; develop, document and exploit personas and user stories, work closely with a Developer and project team to iterate and test prototypes with users and service delivery organisations feeding into product iterations and content development through Beta product development cycles. Ensure compliance with Government Digital Service Standards and GDS Design Manual. Attendance at Service Standard Assessments.
Work setup
Work setup
Opportunity attribute name
Opportunity attribute value
Address where the work will take place
Remote working with travel to York or London and other locations if needed.
Working arrangements
A typical working day is 9am-5pm (however working outside of these hours may be required due to business/project need). The role is suitable for remote working but there may be travel involved to York, Portsmouth, London or any other regions of the country. Travel expenses outside of the base locations will be covered.
Security clearance
SC clearance is required
Additional information
Additional information
Opportunity attribute name
Opportunity attribute value
Additional terms and conditions
Cabinet Office (CO) Travel and Subsistence policy will apply. All expenses must be pre-agreed between the parties and must comply with the CO T&S policy.
Skills and experience
Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.
Skills and experience
Opportunity attribute name
Opportunity attribute value
Essential skills and experience
Experience of agile working alongside a developer and technical architect using user centred design practices to ensure user stories and user research are at the heart of product design.
Proven ability to design services to meet valid user needs including planning, designing and conducting usability testing of prototypes.
Experience of Mapping user journeys and creating personas.
Excellent written and verbal communication including strong negotiation skills and the ability to influence external partners, suppliers and stakeholders.
Experience creating and delivering user research sessions and workshops.
Experience using analytics , research and insights to make improvements that meet user needs.
Experience Delivering outputs in line with Government Digital Service Standard.
Ability to Identify isers and potential users of specific, niche services in the public domain (particularly those similar to the military service) and securing their participation in user research.
Experience identifying assisted digital users and engaging them to ensure the service is designed to enable maximum digital take up.
Proven ability to update user needs and user stories throughout the cycles of iterative product development to feed into prototype development and influence product direction.
Nice-to-have skills and experience
Understanding of Government Digital Service Design principles.
Experience designing services for GOV.UK.
Experience working in multidisciplinary agile teams.
Experience of attending GDS Assessments and meeting the criteria for these assessments.
How suppliers will be evaluated
All suppliers will be asked to provide a work history.
How suppliers will be evaluated
Opportunity attribute name
Opportunity attribute value
How many specialists to evaluate
6
Cultural fit criteria
Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions.
Experience of successful collaborative working as part of a multi supplier delivery team sharing knowledge within the team.
Create and maintain an agile working environment.
Take responsibility for their work.
Can work with clients with low technical expertise.
Able to challenge the staus quo and use persuasion skills to achieve business buy -in.
Have a no blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes.
Bring agile mindset and principles into pratice.
Additional assessment methods
Reference
Interview
Evaluation weighting
Technical competence
65%
Cultural fit
15%
Price
20%
Project :
Our client provides a portal that gives users relevant data on a range of commodities, such as current pricing, historical price trends, and information about potential future price movements. Purchasing managers use this information during negotiations with their suppliers. We are re-engineering a current solution to be more modern and allow information to be more easily discovered by novice users. They wish to provide a responsive web application, a well as a native application on both Android and Apple.
You will be working in a team which is responsible for developing responsive front ends across various platforms, ensuring architectural patterns and processes are followed and code is developed and maintained to a high standard.
Key Skills :
- React, React Native, with a small amount of Redux
- GraphQL + Apollo
- Jest for Unit Tests
- Flowtype
- Monorepo - Lerna
- WebdriverIO for functional tests
- Webpack
- Detox for testing of the native app
- Mocking APIs using Express Node
About BlackCat :
BlackCat are on a mission to provide expert software development services that our customers can rely on, enabling them to deliver their strategic business goals. We provide total product development for the UK’s largest innovators in GRC, Finance, Publishing, Engineering and more.
BlackCat were established in 2012 with the aim to be a leading Software House in the UK. Since then, we have grown to over 100 employees, and are extremely proud of the culture we have created.
Our technical community is at the heart of what we do - we love using new technologies whenever we can, and we thrive on looking at innovative ways to solve the challenges we face. We host and attend a variety of meet ups, and encourage employees to develop new skills through conferences, certifications, communities and regular hack days. We ensure that everyone has a voice, everyone’s opinion is welcome, and everyone is proud to work here.
We work with fantastic clients, employ incredible people, and build exciting products in an environment of continuous improvement and learning, driven by respect and collaboration.
Jan 15, 2020
up to 6 Months
Project :
Our client provides a portal that gives users relevant data on a range of commodities, such as current pricing, historical price trends, and information about potential future price movements. Purchasing managers use this information during negotiations with their suppliers. We are re-engineering a current solution to be more modern and allow information to be more easily discovered by novice users. They wish to provide a responsive web application, a well as a native application on both Android and Apple.
You will be working in a team which is responsible for developing responsive front ends across various platforms, ensuring architectural patterns and processes are followed and code is developed and maintained to a high standard.
Key Skills :
- React, React Native, with a small amount of Redux
- GraphQL + Apollo
- Jest for Unit Tests
- Flowtype
- Monorepo - Lerna
- WebdriverIO for functional tests
- Webpack
- Detox for testing of the native app
- Mocking APIs using Express Node
About BlackCat :
BlackCat are on a mission to provide expert software development services that our customers can rely on, enabling them to deliver their strategic business goals. We provide total product development for the UK’s largest innovators in GRC, Finance, Publishing, Engineering and more.
BlackCat were established in 2012 with the aim to be a leading Software House in the UK. Since then, we have grown to over 100 employees, and are extremely proud of the culture we have created.
Our technical community is at the heart of what we do - we love using new technologies whenever we can, and we thrive on looking at innovative ways to solve the challenges we face. We host and attend a variety of meet ups, and encourage employees to develop new skills through conferences, certifications, communities and regular hack days. We ensure that everyone has a voice, everyone’s opinion is welcome, and everyone is proud to work here.
We work with fantastic clients, employ incredible people, and build exciting products in an environment of continuous improvement and learning, driven by respect and collaboration.
Contract Spy
Remote (Central London, London WC2N 5DU, UK)
Company description:
Appen has more than 20 years of experience in data annotation, collection, evaluation and transcription and a track record for successfully enhancing image, speech, text and video data for use in machine learning and artificial intelligence. We have deep expertise in more than 180 languages and dialects, do work in more than 130 countries, and have access to a global crowd of over 1,000,000 skilled contractors. Appen partners with leading technology, automotive and eCommercecompanies — as well as governments worldwide — to help them secure the data they need to create innovative products and services that rely on natural language and machine learning.
Job description:
Appen is looking for highly educated individuals for an exciting work from home opportunity. Applicants must be self motivated and internet savvy. As a search engine evaluator, you may participate in a number of different evaluation projects, including web search, video evaluation, maps, local, automation projects, etc. Search Engine Evaluators will need to combine a passion for analysis with an understanding of various online research tools. Applicants must be detail oriented and have a broad range of interests.
Required profile:
Ideal Search Engine Evaluators will possess the following skills •Have in-depth, up-to-date familiarity with the United Kingdom social culture, media, and web culture •Excellent comprehension and written communication skills in English •Broad range of interests, with specific areas of expertise a plus •Excellent web research skills and analytical abilities. •Ability to work independently with minimal supervision •Possess a high-speed internet connection (Cable Modem, Fiber, DSL, etc.) •Search Engine Evaluators are required to have currently lived in the United Kingdom for a minimum of 5 consecutive years to ensure cultural familiarity. •Use of an Android phone version 4.1 or higher, Windows phone version 8.1 or higher, or an iPhone version 4s or higher Search Engine Evaluators provide feedback and evaluation of various data sets, often by measuring the relevance and usefulness of web pages in correlation to predefined queries, by providing comparative analysis of sets of results and various other techniques. All candidates are required to take and pass a qualification exam before becoming a Search Engine Evaluator. Please Note: We are unable to offer more than one Search Engine Evaluator position per household.
What we offer:
•Work from Home •Part-time Opportunity •Flexible schedule
Jan 15, 2020
Duration not stated
Company description:
Appen has more than 20 years of experience in data annotation, collection, evaluation and transcription and a track record for successfully enhancing image, speech, text and video data for use in machine learning and artificial intelligence. We have deep expertise in more than 180 languages and dialects, do work in more than 130 countries, and have access to a global crowd of over 1,000,000 skilled contractors. Appen partners with leading technology, automotive and eCommercecompanies — as well as governments worldwide — to help them secure the data they need to create innovative products and services that rely on natural language and machine learning.
Job description:
Appen is looking for highly educated individuals for an exciting work from home opportunity. Applicants must be self motivated and internet savvy. As a search engine evaluator, you may participate in a number of different evaluation projects, including web search, video evaluation, maps, local, automation projects, etc. Search Engine Evaluators will need to combine a passion for analysis with an understanding of various online research tools. Applicants must be detail oriented and have a broad range of interests.
Required profile:
Ideal Search Engine Evaluators will possess the following skills •Have in-depth, up-to-date familiarity with the United Kingdom social culture, media, and web culture •Excellent comprehension and written communication skills in English •Broad range of interests, with specific areas of expertise a plus •Excellent web research skills and analytical abilities. •Ability to work independently with minimal supervision •Possess a high-speed internet connection (Cable Modem, Fiber, DSL, etc.) •Search Engine Evaluators are required to have currently lived in the United Kingdom for a minimum of 5 consecutive years to ensure cultural familiarity. •Use of an Android phone version 4.1 or higher, Windows phone version 8.1 or higher, or an iPhone version 4s or higher Search Engine Evaluators provide feedback and evaluation of various data sets, often by measuring the relevance and usefulness of web pages in correlation to predefined queries, by providing comparative analysis of sets of results and various other techniques. All candidates are required to take and pass a qualification exam before becoming a Search Engine Evaluator. Please Note: We are unable to offer more than one Search Engine Evaluator position per household.
What we offer:
•Work from Home •Part-time Opportunity •Flexible schedule
Role description
We are looking for an exceptional, proactive, detail-oriented full-stack engineer contractor to work with us for 3-6 months on leading and growing our team of developers in delivering apps and services for SaaS customers. You will manage our full-stack development team and contribute heavily to the architecture, design and development to produce novel applications that manage AI-enabled devices. This is a chance to join a fast moving startup at a time when you can strongly influence the design decisions, technology selection and talent recruitment.
Role responsibilities
Architect the front-end, back-end and middleware solutions for our web apps, iOS and Android apps that interact with remote embedded devices.
Interact with the other development teams to ensure a complete system design.
Design and develop key components
Recruit to grow the back-end development team
Manage the development team to deliver quality outputs, following agile methodologies.
Mentor, coach and develop the team
REQUIREMENTS
Essential skills/ experience:
Commercial full-stack scalable system design and delivery experience
Web app, iOS and Android app GUI design experience
Multi-platform architecture / design experience
SaaS / B2B / Multi-customer development and deployment experience
Strong software design and development experience, including OO design
Strong rapid / iterative development skills
Excellent full-stack design and development experience
Team lead experience
Proficient with multiple modern technology such as MEAN, MERN, React, Vue, Angular, Node, GO, Express, MongoDB, SQL, NoSQL, MQTT, Kafka, ELK, Docker, Kubernetes, Message Brokers, etc.
Commerical experience with cloud deployment, network diagnostics and data analytics
Excellent communication skills (written, and spoken)
Customer / user engagement experience
Strong commitment to agile practices
Strong understanding of security essentials, session management, etc.
Familiarity with TDD, BDD, CI, CD etc.
Devops system design and deployment experience
Desirable skills/ experience:
Scalable IoT solutions experience
User experience design and mockup skills
Familiar with serverless architecture
Familiar with micro-services architecture
Familiar with LoRa, Wi-Fi, Iridium, 3G, 4G etc.
Early stage startup experience preferred
Embedded software experience beneficial
Location : Our core team is currently based in Harwell Space Campus – remote working is possible with this role.
About us:
Archangel Imaging is a startup developing distributed intelligence and advanced camera systems with on-device AI. We have worked on World Record projects and have developed unique machine vision payloads including edge AI devices winning the AIConics AI for Good award (2019), the BT Infinity Lab Augmented Intelligence award (2018), and finalist at the Dubai’s Robotics for Good (2017). We are passionate about bringing deployable AI technology to underserved groups in remote areas who wouldn’t have access to AI applications otherwise, and to tackling those major problems that affect our planet.
Jan 14, 2020
up to 6 Months
Role description
We are looking for an exceptional, proactive, detail-oriented full-stack engineer contractor to work with us for 3-6 months on leading and growing our team of developers in delivering apps and services for SaaS customers. You will manage our full-stack development team and contribute heavily to the architecture, design and development to produce novel applications that manage AI-enabled devices. This is a chance to join a fast moving startup at a time when you can strongly influence the design decisions, technology selection and talent recruitment.
Role responsibilities
Architect the front-end, back-end and middleware solutions for our web apps, iOS and Android apps that interact with remote embedded devices.
Interact with the other development teams to ensure a complete system design.
Design and develop key components
Recruit to grow the back-end development team
Manage the development team to deliver quality outputs, following agile methodologies.
Mentor, coach and develop the team
REQUIREMENTS
Essential skills/ experience:
Commercial full-stack scalable system design and delivery experience
Web app, iOS and Android app GUI design experience
Multi-platform architecture / design experience
SaaS / B2B / Multi-customer development and deployment experience
Strong software design and development experience, including OO design
Strong rapid / iterative development skills
Excellent full-stack design and development experience
Team lead experience
Proficient with multiple modern technology such as MEAN, MERN, React, Vue, Angular, Node, GO, Express, MongoDB, SQL, NoSQL, MQTT, Kafka, ELK, Docker, Kubernetes, Message Brokers, etc.
Commerical experience with cloud deployment, network diagnostics and data analytics
Excellent communication skills (written, and spoken)
Customer / user engagement experience
Strong commitment to agile practices
Strong understanding of security essentials, session management, etc.
Familiarity with TDD, BDD, CI, CD etc.
Devops system design and deployment experience
Desirable skills/ experience:
Scalable IoT solutions experience
User experience design and mockup skills
Familiar with serverless architecture
Familiar with micro-services architecture
Familiar with LoRa, Wi-Fi, Iridium, 3G, 4G etc.
Early stage startup experience preferred
Embedded software experience beneficial
Location : Our core team is currently based in Harwell Space Campus – remote working is possible with this role.
About us:
Archangel Imaging is a startup developing distributed intelligence and advanced camera systems with on-device AI. We have worked on World Record projects and have developed unique machine vision payloads including edge AI devices winning the AIConics AI for Good award (2019), the BT Infinity Lab Augmented Intelligence award (2018), and finalist at the Dubai’s Robotics for Good (2017). We are passionate about bringing deployable AI technology to underserved groups in remote areas who wouldn’t have access to AI applications otherwise, and to tackling those major problems that affect our planet.
Role Description:
We are looking for an exceptional, proactive, detail-oriented back-end software engineer contractor to work with us for 3-6 months to deliver apps and services for SaaS customers. You will be part of our full-stack development team and contribute to the design and development to produce novel applications that manage AI-enabled devices. This is a chance to join a fast moving startup at a time when you can build from the ground up and apply yourself to a wide range of technologies. Role Responsibilities:
Design and develop back-end and middleware components for our web apps, iOS and Android apps that interact with remote embedded devices.
Interact with the other development teams to ensure a complete system deliverable.
Design and develop key components
Deliver quality outputs, following agile methodologies.
Essential skills / Experience
Strong software design and development experience, including OO design
Web app, iOS and Android app GUI design experience
Strong rapid / iterative development skills
Proficient with multiple modern technology such as MEAN, MERN, React, Vue, Angular, Node, GO, Express, MongoDB, SQL, NoSQL, MQTT, Kafka, ELK, Docker, Kubernetes, Message Brokers, etc.
Excellent communication skills (written, and spoken)
Strong commitment to agile practices
Strong understanding of security essentials, session management, etc.
Familiarity with TDD, BDD, CI, CD etc.
Desirable Skills / Experience
Commercial back-end/middleware scalable system design and delivery experience
Multi-platform architecture / design experience
SaaS / B2B / Multi-customer development and deployment experience
Commercial experience with cloud deployment, network diagnostics and data analytics
Full-stack design and development experience
Scalable IoT solutions experience
Customer / user engagement experience
Devops experience
Familiar with serverless architecture
Familiar with micro-services architecture
Familiar with LoRa, Wi-Fi, Iridium, 3G, 4G etc.
Early stage startup experience preferred
Embedded software experience beneficial
Location : Our core team is currently based in Harwell Space Campus – remote working is possible for this role.
About us:
Archangel Imaging is a startup developing distributed intelligence and advanced camera systems with on-device AI. We have worked on World Record projects and have developed unique machine vision payloads including edge AI devices winning the AIConics AI for Good award (2019), the BT Infinity Lab Augmented Intelligence award (2018), and finalist at the Dubai’s Robotics for Good (2017). We are passionate about bringing deployable AI technology to underserved groups in remote areas who wouldn’t have access to AI applications otherwise, and to tackling those major problems that affect our planet.
Jan 14, 2020
up to 6 Months
Role Description:
We are looking for an exceptional, proactive, detail-oriented back-end software engineer contractor to work with us for 3-6 months to deliver apps and services for SaaS customers. You will be part of our full-stack development team and contribute to the design and development to produce novel applications that manage AI-enabled devices. This is a chance to join a fast moving startup at a time when you can build from the ground up and apply yourself to a wide range of technologies. Role Responsibilities:
Design and develop back-end and middleware components for our web apps, iOS and Android apps that interact with remote embedded devices.
Interact with the other development teams to ensure a complete system deliverable.
Design and develop key components
Deliver quality outputs, following agile methodologies.
Essential skills / Experience
Strong software design and development experience, including OO design
Web app, iOS and Android app GUI design experience
Strong rapid / iterative development skills
Proficient with multiple modern technology such as MEAN, MERN, React, Vue, Angular, Node, GO, Express, MongoDB, SQL, NoSQL, MQTT, Kafka, ELK, Docker, Kubernetes, Message Brokers, etc.
Excellent communication skills (written, and spoken)
Strong commitment to agile practices
Strong understanding of security essentials, session management, etc.
Familiarity with TDD, BDD, CI, CD etc.
Desirable Skills / Experience
Commercial back-end/middleware scalable system design and delivery experience
Multi-platform architecture / design experience
SaaS / B2B / Multi-customer development and deployment experience
Commercial experience with cloud deployment, network diagnostics and data analytics
Full-stack design and development experience
Scalable IoT solutions experience
Customer / user engagement experience
Devops experience
Familiar with serverless architecture
Familiar with micro-services architecture
Familiar with LoRa, Wi-Fi, Iridium, 3G, 4G etc.
Early stage startup experience preferred
Embedded software experience beneficial
Location : Our core team is currently based in Harwell Space Campus – remote working is possible for this role.
About us:
Archangel Imaging is a startup developing distributed intelligence and advanced camera systems with on-device AI. We have worked on World Record projects and have developed unique machine vision payloads including edge AI devices winning the AIConics AI for Good award (2019), the BT Infinity Lab Augmented Intelligence award (2018), and finalist at the Dubai’s Robotics for Good (2017). We are passionate about bringing deployable AI technology to underserved groups in remote areas who wouldn’t have access to AI applications otherwise, and to tackling those major problems that affect our planet.
Job Title: Website Developer
Work Location: Home-based - 2 days per month.
Status: Sub-Contractor
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
● Updating our three wordpress websites (global-qa.co.uk, brcconsultants.co.uk and siaconsultants.co.uk)
● Initial project to carry out a list of updates to all three desktop sites inclusive of installation of SSL certificates
● Initial project to review the user experience of the mobile sites on global-qa.co.uk, brcconsultants.co.uk and creation of a mobile site for siaconsultants.co.uk
● Ongoing duty to post at least one monthly article to each site inclusive of collating the information from relevant consultants within the business in order to produce the article content.
● Pro-active approach to notify directors of website improvements and enhancements
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
● Experience in creating and managing word press sites for desktop and mobile is critical
Physical Requirements:
● Ability to conduct and deliver website updates in a timely and efficient manner.
● Whilst this is a home-based role, the individual must be able to attend review meetings in the Windsor xc2 xad area.
Desirable Attributes:
● Understanding and previous experience in SEO is highly desirable
● Understanding and previous experience of Google Ads is highly desirable
Job Types: Part-time, Contract
Experience:
Web Development: 1 year (Required)
Location:
Windsor, Berkshire (Preferred)
Jan 13, 2020
Duration not stated
Job Title: Website Developer
Work Location: Home-based - 2 days per month.
Status: Sub-Contractor
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
● Updating our three wordpress websites (global-qa.co.uk, brcconsultants.co.uk and siaconsultants.co.uk)
● Initial project to carry out a list of updates to all three desktop sites inclusive of installation of SSL certificates
● Initial project to review the user experience of the mobile sites on global-qa.co.uk, brcconsultants.co.uk and creation of a mobile site for siaconsultants.co.uk
● Ongoing duty to post at least one monthly article to each site inclusive of collating the information from relevant consultants within the business in order to produce the article content.
● Pro-active approach to notify directors of website improvements and enhancements
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
● Experience in creating and managing word press sites for desktop and mobile is critical
Physical Requirements:
● Ability to conduct and deliver website updates in a timely and efficient manner.
● Whilst this is a home-based role, the individual must be able to attend review meetings in the Windsor xc2 xad area.
Desirable Attributes:
● Understanding and previous experience in SEO is highly desirable
● Understanding and previous experience of Google Ads is highly desirable
Job Types: Part-time, Contract
Experience:
Web Development: 1 year (Required)
Location:
Windsor, Berkshire (Preferred)
Platform/Data Engineer - Apache Spark, Terraform, Python - Contract
at BlackCat Solutions
London/Remote
Rate: Negotiable - this role is inside IR35
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Length: 6 months initially, we expect this to extend
Working Pattern: 4 days remote, 1 day on site in central London
Our customer is a global data reporting company that provides critical business information to industry subscribers worldwide. They have huge volumes of data from external feeds and in-house sources that are productised by analysts and data scientists for end users. The project is part of an exciting strategy to move the client to become a modern data analytics company by putting in place a data lake platform that will decouple the data silos from the ingestion and consumption of data, and allow better ways of delivering existing products as well as the swift creation and implementation of new products to create greater value for the customer and increased revenue. You will join an Agile development team who are building the platform in a highly collaborative and Agile iterative approach using modern AWS technologies, and working closely with our customer to deliver value to their end users as the underlying platform evolves. Responsibilities: - Writing infrastructure as code in Terraform - Writing and on boarding data pipelines in Python and Scala with Apache Spark - Understanding of serverless architecture design Key Skills: - Apache Spark - Terraform - Python/Scala/Java - AWS - Docker About BlackCat: BlackCat are on a mission to provide expert software development services that our customers can rely on, enabling them to deliver their strategic business goals. We provide total product development for the UK’s largest innovators in GRC, Finance, Publishing, Engineering and more.
BlackCat were established in 2012 with the aim to be a leading Software House in the UK. Since then, we have grown to over 100 employees, and are extremely proud of the culture we have created.
Our technical community is at the heart of what we do - we love using new technologies whenever we can, and we thrive on looking at innovative ways to solve the challenges we face. We host and attend a variety of meet ups, and encourage employees to develop new skills through conferences, certifications, communities and regular hack days. We ensure that everyone has a voice, everyone’s opinion is welcome, and everyone is proud to work here.
We work with fantastic clients, employ incredible people, and build exciting products in an environment of continuous improvement and learning, driven by respect and collaboration.
Jan 10, 2020
6 Months or more
Platform/Data Engineer - Apache Spark, Terraform, Python - Contract
at BlackCat Solutions
London/Remote
Rate: Negotiable - this role is inside IR35
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Length: 6 months initially, we expect this to extend
Working Pattern: 4 days remote, 1 day on site in central London
Our customer is a global data reporting company that provides critical business information to industry subscribers worldwide. They have huge volumes of data from external feeds and in-house sources that are productised by analysts and data scientists for end users. The project is part of an exciting strategy to move the client to become a modern data analytics company by putting in place a data lake platform that will decouple the data silos from the ingestion and consumption of data, and allow better ways of delivering existing products as well as the swift creation and implementation of new products to create greater value for the customer and increased revenue. You will join an Agile development team who are building the platform in a highly collaborative and Agile iterative approach using modern AWS technologies, and working closely with our customer to deliver value to their end users as the underlying platform evolves. Responsibilities: - Writing infrastructure as code in Terraform - Writing and on boarding data pipelines in Python and Scala with Apache Spark - Understanding of serverless architecture design Key Skills: - Apache Spark - Terraform - Python/Scala/Java - AWS - Docker About BlackCat: BlackCat are on a mission to provide expert software development services that our customers can rely on, enabling them to deliver their strategic business goals. We provide total product development for the UK’s largest innovators in GRC, Finance, Publishing, Engineering and more.
BlackCat were established in 2012 with the aim to be a leading Software House in the UK. Since then, we have grown to over 100 employees, and are extremely proud of the culture we have created.
Our technical community is at the heart of what we do - we love using new technologies whenever we can, and we thrive on looking at innovative ways to solve the challenges we face. We host and attend a variety of meet ups, and encourage employees to develop new skills through conferences, certifications, communities and regular hack days. We ensure that everyone has a voice, everyone’s opinion is welcome, and everyone is proud to work here.
We work with fantastic clients, employ incredible people, and build exciting products in an environment of continuous improvement and learning, driven by respect and collaboration.
I am on the lookout for a Technical Design Authority who will provide subject matter expertise on CISCO ISE design and configuration. This role is to support the project delivery team delivering a CISCO ISE based NAC solution to the end customer.
Role purpose:
You will review the proposed designs against customer requirements and validate the Bill of materials. You will review the proposed low-level designs and advise on best practice and make recommendations to ensure the design meets the customer requirements.
You will work closely with other members of the team, including: the technical community, Projects & Programmes, Service and Commercial managers, to ensure that the solution deployed is fit for purpose and can be readily deployed and operated by customer.
Experience of designing and configuring CISCO ISE in a Virtual environment is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities :
Capture and interpret customer requirements, and design complex and custom solutions to meet customer requirements.
Review solutions High Level Designs (HLD)
Review and update low level design and configurations to meet customer requirements and the HLD
Advise on deployment and reporting
Assist in preparing and reviewing test plans
Update or prepare documentation as agreed with the project team.
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
Cisco ISE Architecture and Deployment
Cisco ISE policy Enforcement
Cisco ISE Profiler, Posture Policies, Reporting.
ISE in Virtual Environment experience
Cisco SISE Certification highly desirable
This role is paying an extremely attractive day rate and as an added bonus this is a work from home role.
Jan 09, 2020
Duration not stated
I am on the lookout for a Technical Design Authority who will provide subject matter expertise on CISCO ISE design and configuration. This role is to support the project delivery team delivering a CISCO ISE based NAC solution to the end customer.
Role purpose:
You will review the proposed designs against customer requirements and validate the Bill of materials. You will review the proposed low-level designs and advise on best practice and make recommendations to ensure the design meets the customer requirements.
You will work closely with other members of the team, including: the technical community, Projects & Programmes, Service and Commercial managers, to ensure that the solution deployed is fit for purpose and can be readily deployed and operated by customer.
Experience of designing and configuring CISCO ISE in a Virtual environment is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities :
Capture and interpret customer requirements, and design complex and custom solutions to meet customer requirements.
Review solutions High Level Designs (HLD)
Review and update low level design and configurations to meet customer requirements and the HLD
Advise on deployment and reporting
Assist in preparing and reviewing test plans
Update or prepare documentation as agreed with the project team.
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
Cisco ISE Architecture and Deployment
Cisco ISE policy Enforcement
Cisco ISE Profiler, Posture Policies, Reporting.
ISE in Virtual Environment experience
Cisco SISE Certification highly desirable
This role is paying an extremely attractive day rate and as an added bonus this is a work from home role.
IT Manager
Self-employed
Full-time 6-month contract
South-West based. Remote working available
Up to £300 per day, depending on experience (up to £72k pa pro-rata)
Start Feb 2020
Background
The Cloud Appreciation Society was established 15 years ago by people who love clouds, for people who love clouds! Over this time we have built up a membership base of over 40,000 people who are invited to appreciate clouds through a variety of mediums- Daily Cloud-A-Day emails, using the CloudSpotter app, monthly Society newsletter, CAS online cloud gallery, books, talks, travel tours, cloud-related merchandise……. the list is endless!
Our website, transactional online shop, online photo gallery and CloudSpotter app have become the primary medium for engagement with Society members, and as such have evolved organically to facilitate the growth of new channels and support new member initiatives. During our current strategic review of the Society, it has become apparent that the management and evolution of our IT solutions are a key building block to scaling up and future proofing the Society and our membership experience. Over the next few years we plan to enhance and extend the way we engage with our members by improving our mobile offer and improving the interaction between our web and app platforms.
We are a small team running a Society with a big impact. Our active and engaged membership around the world value what we stand for. We want a positive and dynamic person to join us in our mission to spread a better understanding and appreciation of the most evocative, ever-changing and poetic part of nature, the sky.
This is a unique new position in a small, but growing company. The role will play an essential part in the day to day management and performance optimisation of the existing systems portfolio, as well as driving forward developmental website and app enhancements in alignment with and facilitating the Society’s Strategic Roadmap.
Our Portfolio
·Website using WooCommerce & WordPress to manage user-base of members and online sales
·Cross-platform Cloud-A-Day app developed in Flutter with Firebase backend, using Artificial Intelligence.
·Integration with daily email delivery to members through Mailchimp
·Legacy CloudSpotter iPhone app
The Role
Maintain uptime and performance of WordPress platform.Including:
Website updates, integrations, performance, functionality, code fixes, plug-in management.
Online shop transactional functionality, membership activation and renewal.
Monitoring and trouble-shooting integration between WooCommerce and Mailchimp to ensure members receive their daily emails correctly.
·Maintain Cloud-A-Day app performance, including managing the development of new platform, management of member-exclusive access, building an enhancement plan.
·Manage outsourced development resource, set requirements/ deadlines and monitor progress.
·Working alongside the CAS Founder to conduct a strategic review of the overall IT portfolio understanding existing issues/ blockers and proposing innovative solutions and enhancements – you will design and build our future platform.
·Creating and project managing the IT Roadmap- deciding approach, timescales and phasing, and agreeing resource requirements, commercial planning considering both technical and society objectives.
·Recruit additional future technical resource to support the growth of the business as well as managing and developing the existing team.
·Proactively manage ongoing changes in alignment with other areas of the business such as peak trading periods for online shop, travel event launches and publishing dates.
·Monitoring day-to-day performance of the platform, adhering to key measures of success and KPI’s as defined in collaboration with CAS Founder
·Define, establish and manage development methodology
·Pro-actively monitor and manage technical issues and implement quick-fix solutions where necessary while finding longer-term solutions.
·Provide systems performance reporting around high volume events.
Key Skills Required:
·The successful candidate will have good all-round development skills and be able to demonstrate significant experience in the development and support of web platforms. Working knowledge of WordPress is essential
·Previous experience of managing a strategic IT roadmap and App development is not essential but would be advantageous.
·We are looking for someone who is self-motivated and able to manage own workload within agreed parameters.
·Able to work in a non-hierarchical environment where your full range of skills can be flexed to suit the day to day demands of the job.
·Strong and effective interpersonal and communication skills to be able to operate at a variety of levels with key external and internal business partners (i.e. app developers, CAS Founder, online shop manager).
·Proven project management skills
·Previous experience of recruiting and managing a team is not essential at this stage but will help with future resource growth.
·Positive, self-starter with a can-do approach
·An interest in clouds and the sky!
Other details:
·The job would suit someone who can work from home and is also able to travel to our South Somerset office once or twice a week.
·The role is full time, 8 hours per day, 5 days per week (Monday -Friday). Flexible hours would be considered.
·The IT Manager will report directly into the CAS Founder.
Summary:
The ideal candidate would have a high level of generalist development skills and a willingness to learn new skills and roll their sleeves up to support the quick-fix demands of the business, as well as having a proven track record in planning, implementing and managing effective long-term technical solutions to support business growth.
We are looking for someone with a positive attitude who will be a good fit within our small business. If this sounds like you but you don’t have all of the experience listed, we would still love you to apply.
Please send your CV by Wednesday 15th Jan.
Interviews will take place in Mid-January in South Somerset.
Jan 08, 2020
6 Months or more
IT Manager
Self-employed
Full-time 6-month contract
South-West based. Remote working available
Up to £300 per day, depending on experience (up to £72k pa pro-rata)
Start Feb 2020
Background
The Cloud Appreciation Society was established 15 years ago by people who love clouds, for people who love clouds! Over this time we have built up a membership base of over 40,000 people who are invited to appreciate clouds through a variety of mediums- Daily Cloud-A-Day emails, using the CloudSpotter app, monthly Society newsletter, CAS online cloud gallery, books, talks, travel tours, cloud-related merchandise……. the list is endless!
Our website, transactional online shop, online photo gallery and CloudSpotter app have become the primary medium for engagement with Society members, and as such have evolved organically to facilitate the growth of new channels and support new member initiatives. During our current strategic review of the Society, it has become apparent that the management and evolution of our IT solutions are a key building block to scaling up and future proofing the Society and our membership experience. Over the next few years we plan to enhance and extend the way we engage with our members by improving our mobile offer and improving the interaction between our web and app platforms.
We are a small team running a Society with a big impact. Our active and engaged membership around the world value what we stand for. We want a positive and dynamic person to join us in our mission to spread a better understanding and appreciation of the most evocative, ever-changing and poetic part of nature, the sky.
This is a unique new position in a small, but growing company. The role will play an essential part in the day to day management and performance optimisation of the existing systems portfolio, as well as driving forward developmental website and app enhancements in alignment with and facilitating the Society’s Strategic Roadmap.
Our Portfolio
·Website using WooCommerce & WordPress to manage user-base of members and online sales
·Cross-platform Cloud-A-Day app developed in Flutter with Firebase backend, using Artificial Intelligence.
·Integration with daily email delivery to members through Mailchimp
·Legacy CloudSpotter iPhone app
The Role
Maintain uptime and performance of WordPress platform.Including:
Website updates, integrations, performance, functionality, code fixes, plug-in management.
Online shop transactional functionality, membership activation and renewal.
Monitoring and trouble-shooting integration between WooCommerce and Mailchimp to ensure members receive their daily emails correctly.
·Maintain Cloud-A-Day app performance, including managing the development of new platform, management of member-exclusive access, building an enhancement plan.
·Manage outsourced development resource, set requirements/ deadlines and monitor progress.
·Working alongside the CAS Founder to conduct a strategic review of the overall IT portfolio understanding existing issues/ blockers and proposing innovative solutions and enhancements – you will design and build our future platform.
·Creating and project managing the IT Roadmap- deciding approach, timescales and phasing, and agreeing resource requirements, commercial planning considering both technical and society objectives.
·Recruit additional future technical resource to support the growth of the business as well as managing and developing the existing team.
·Proactively manage ongoing changes in alignment with other areas of the business such as peak trading periods for online shop, travel event launches and publishing dates.
·Monitoring day-to-day performance of the platform, adhering to key measures of success and KPI’s as defined in collaboration with CAS Founder
·Define, establish and manage development methodology
·Pro-actively monitor and manage technical issues and implement quick-fix solutions where necessary while finding longer-term solutions.
·Provide systems performance reporting around high volume events.
Key Skills Required:
·The successful candidate will have good all-round development skills and be able to demonstrate significant experience in the development and support of web platforms. Working knowledge of WordPress is essential
·Previous experience of managing a strategic IT roadmap and App development is not essential but would be advantageous.
·We are looking for someone who is self-motivated and able to manage own workload within agreed parameters.
·Able to work in a non-hierarchical environment where your full range of skills can be flexed to suit the day to day demands of the job.
·Strong and effective interpersonal and communication skills to be able to operate at a variety of levels with key external and internal business partners (i.e. app developers, CAS Founder, online shop manager).
·Proven project management skills
·Previous experience of recruiting and managing a team is not essential at this stage but will help with future resource growth.
·Positive, self-starter with a can-do approach
·An interest in clouds and the sky!
Other details:
·The job would suit someone who can work from home and is also able to travel to our South Somerset office once or twice a week.
·The role is full time, 8 hours per day, 5 days per week (Monday -Friday). Flexible hours would be considered.
·The IT Manager will report directly into the CAS Founder.
Summary:
The ideal candidate would have a high level of generalist development skills and a willingness to learn new skills and roll their sleeves up to support the quick-fix demands of the business, as well as having a proven track record in planning, implementing and managing effective long-term technical solutions to support business growth.
We are looking for someone with a positive attitude who will be a good fit within our small business. If this sounds like you but you don’t have all of the experience listed, we would still love you to apply.
Please send your CV by Wednesday 15th Jan.
Interviews will take place in Mid-January in South Somerset.
Contract Spy
Remote (Central London, London WC2N 5DU, UK)
Company description:
Appen has more than 20 years of experience in data annotation, collection, evaluation and transcription and a track record for successfully enhancing image, speech, text and video data for use in machine learning and artificial intelligence. We have deep expertise in more than 180 languages and dialects, do work in more than 130 countries, and have access to a global crowd of over 1,000,000 skilled contractors. Appen partners with leading technology, automotive and eCommercecompanies — as well as governments worldwide — to help them secure the data they need to create innovative products and services that rely on natural language and machine learning.
Job description:
Appen is looking for highly educated individuals for an exciting work from home opportunity. Applicants must be self motivated and internet savvy. As a search engine evaluator, you may participate in a number of different evaluation projects, including web search, video evaluation, maps, local, automation projects, etc. Search Engine Evaluators will need to combine a passion for analysis with an understanding of various online research tools. Applicants must be detail oriented and have a broad range of interests.
Required profile:
Ideal Search Engine Evaluators will possess the following skills •Have in-depth, up-to-date familiarity with the United Kingdom social culture, media, and web culture •Excellent comprehension and written communication skills in English •Broad range of interests, with specific areas of expertise a plus •Excellent web research skills and analytical abilities. •Ability to work independently with minimal supervision •Possess a high-speed internet connection (Cable Modem, Fiber, DSL, etc.) •Search Engine Evaluators are required to have currently lived in the United Kingdom for a minimum of 5 consecutive years to ensure cultural familiarity. •Use of an Android phone version 4.1 or higher, Windows phone version 8.1 or higher, or an iPhone version 4s or higher Search Engine Evaluators provide feedback and evaluation of various data sets, often by measuring the relevance and usefulness of web pages in correlation to predefined queries, by providing comparative analysis of sets of results and various other techniques. All candidates are required to take and pass a qualification exam before becoming a Search Engine Evaluator. Please Note: We are unable to offer more than one Search Engine Evaluator position per household.
What we offer:
•Work from Home •Part-time Opportunity •Flexible schedule
Jan 08, 2020
Duration not stated
Company description:
Appen has more than 20 years of experience in data annotation, collection, evaluation and transcription and a track record for successfully enhancing image, speech, text and video data for use in machine learning and artificial intelligence. We have deep expertise in more than 180 languages and dialects, do work in more than 130 countries, and have access to a global crowd of over 1,000,000 skilled contractors. Appen partners with leading technology, automotive and eCommercecompanies — as well as governments worldwide — to help them secure the data they need to create innovative products and services that rely on natural language and machine learning.
Job description:
Appen is looking for highly educated individuals for an exciting work from home opportunity. Applicants must be self motivated and internet savvy. As a search engine evaluator, you may participate in a number of different evaluation projects, including web search, video evaluation, maps, local, automation projects, etc. Search Engine Evaluators will need to combine a passion for analysis with an understanding of various online research tools. Applicants must be detail oriented and have a broad range of interests.
Required profile:
Ideal Search Engine Evaluators will possess the following skills •Have in-depth, up-to-date familiarity with the United Kingdom social culture, media, and web culture •Excellent comprehension and written communication skills in English •Broad range of interests, with specific areas of expertise a plus •Excellent web research skills and analytical abilities. •Ability to work independently with minimal supervision •Possess a high-speed internet connection (Cable Modem, Fiber, DSL, etc.) •Search Engine Evaluators are required to have currently lived in the United Kingdom for a minimum of 5 consecutive years to ensure cultural familiarity. •Use of an Android phone version 4.1 or higher, Windows phone version 8.1 or higher, or an iPhone version 4s or higher Search Engine Evaluators provide feedback and evaluation of various data sets, often by measuring the relevance and usefulness of web pages in correlation to predefined queries, by providing comparative analysis of sets of results and various other techniques. All candidates are required to take and pass a qualification exam before becoming a Search Engine Evaluator. Please Note: We are unable to offer more than one Search Engine Evaluator position per household.
What we offer:
•Work from Home •Part-time Opportunity •Flexible schedule
We are looking for a passionate Software Engineer to design, develop and install software solutions. Software Engineer responsibilities include gathering user requirements, defining system functionality and writing code in languages: C++. Must be able to reverse engineer local programs and must be competent in Windows driver support. Our ideal candidates are familiar with the software development life cycle (SDLC) from preliminary system analysis to tests and deployment. Game modifications and local file altering. Ultimately, the role of the Software Engineer is to build high-quality, innovative and fully performing software that complies with coding standards and technical design.
Responsibilities
Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC)
Able to reverse engineer software for local use.
Able to work with kernel based code.
Write well-designed, testable code.
Produce specifications and determine operational feasibility.
Integrate software components into a fully functional software system.
Develop software verification plans and quality assurance procedures.
Document and maintain software functionality.
Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing systems.
Deploy programs and evaluate user feedback.
Comply with project plans and industry standards.
Ensure software is updated with latest features.
Skills
Proven work experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer.
Experience designing interactive applications.
Ability to develop software in C++.
Ability to work with windows 10 driver support. Kernel based functionality.
Experience with test-driven development.
Proficiency in software engineering tools.
Ability to document requirements and specifications.
Additionally
You can only work from home. There is no office to attend to for this position.
Any questions please do ask! Thank you for your interest.
Job Type: Contract
Salary: £2,000.00 to £3,000.00 /month
Experience:
software engineering: 3 years (Preferred)
kernel driver: 2 years (Preferred)
Language:
English (Required)
Jan 07, 2020
Duration not stated
We are looking for a passionate Software Engineer to design, develop and install software solutions. Software Engineer responsibilities include gathering user requirements, defining system functionality and writing code in languages: C++. Must be able to reverse engineer local programs and must be competent in Windows driver support. Our ideal candidates are familiar with the software development life cycle (SDLC) from preliminary system analysis to tests and deployment. Game modifications and local file altering. Ultimately, the role of the Software Engineer is to build high-quality, innovative and fully performing software that complies with coding standards and technical design.
Responsibilities
Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC)
Able to reverse engineer software for local use.
Able to work with kernel based code.
Write well-designed, testable code.
Produce specifications and determine operational feasibility.
Integrate software components into a fully functional software system.
Develop software verification plans and quality assurance procedures.
Document and maintain software functionality.
Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing systems.
Deploy programs and evaluate user feedback.
Comply with project plans and industry standards.
Ensure software is updated with latest features.
Skills
Proven work experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer.
Experience designing interactive applications.
Ability to develop software in C++.
Ability to work with windows 10 driver support. Kernel based functionality.
Experience with test-driven development.
Proficiency in software engineering tools.
Ability to document requirements and specifications.
Additionally
You can only work from home. There is no office to attend to for this position.
Any questions please do ask! Thank you for your interest.
Job Type: Contract
Salary: £2,000.00 to £3,000.00 /month
Experience:
software engineering: 3 years (Preferred)
kernel driver: 2 years (Preferred)
Language:
English (Required)
I am on the lookout for a Technical Design Authority who will provide subject matter expertise on CISCO ISE design and configuration. This role is to support the project delivery team delivering a CISCO ISE based NAC solution to the end customer.
Role purpose:
You will review the proposed designs against customer requirements and validate the Bill of materials. You will review the proposed low-level designs and advise on best practice and make recommendations to ensure the design meets the customer requirements.
You will work closely with other members of the team, including: the technical community, Projects & Programmes, Service and Commercial managers, to ensure that the solution deployed is fit for purpose and can be readily deployed and operated by customer.
Experience of designing and configuring CISCO ISE in a Virtual environment is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities:
Capture and interpret customer requirements, and design complex and custom solutions to meet customer requirements.
Review solutions High Level Designs (HLD)
Review and update low level design and configurations to meet customer requirements and the HLD
Advise on deployment and reporting
Assist in preparing and reviewing test plans
Update or prepare documentation as agreed with the project team.
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
Cisco ISE Architecture and Deployment
Cisco ISE policy Enforcement
Cisco ISE Profiler, Posture Policies, Reporting.
ISE in Virtual Environment experience
Cisco SISE Certification highly desirable
This role is paying an extremely attractive day rate and as an added bonus this is a work from home role.
Reference ID: 297
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Salary: £300.00 /day
Experience:
Technical Design: 1 year (Preferred)
Jan 07, 2020
Duration not stated
I am on the lookout for a Technical Design Authority who will provide subject matter expertise on CISCO ISE design and configuration. This role is to support the project delivery team delivering a CISCO ISE based NAC solution to the end customer.
Role purpose:
You will review the proposed designs against customer requirements and validate the Bill of materials. You will review the proposed low-level designs and advise on best practice and make recommendations to ensure the design meets the customer requirements.
You will work closely with other members of the team, including: the technical community, Projects & Programmes, Service and Commercial managers, to ensure that the solution deployed is fit for purpose and can be readily deployed and operated by customer.
Experience of designing and configuring CISCO ISE in a Virtual environment is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities:
Capture and interpret customer requirements, and design complex and custom solutions to meet customer requirements.
Review solutions High Level Designs (HLD)
Review and update low level design and configurations to meet customer requirements and the HLD
Advise on deployment and reporting
Assist in preparing and reviewing test plans
Update or prepare documentation as agreed with the project team.
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
Cisco ISE Architecture and Deployment
Cisco ISE policy Enforcement
Cisco ISE Profiler, Posture Policies, Reporting.
ISE in Virtual Environment experience
Cisco SISE Certification highly desirable
This role is paying an extremely attractive day rate and as an added bonus this is a work from home role.
Reference ID: 297
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Salary: £300.00 /day
Experience:
Technical Design: 1 year (Preferred)
